First Sunday After Christmas
Lectionary Preaching Workbook
The Church Year Theological Clue
Just as Easter is a 50-day celebration that culminates in Pentecost, so Christmas is a 12-day festival that reaches its climax on Epiphany, January 6. Unfortunately, Christmas, as a short season, fades away and disappears rather quickly for most of us, except for the Orthodox Christians who continue to keep the feast of the Nativity of our Lord on January 6. The 12-day season is, for all practical purposes, wrapped up in the one-day celebration of Christ's birth on December 25.